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Laura Nelson Baker was born in 1911 in Humboldt, Iowa. She took
courses at the University of Minnesota from 1929-1931 and served as editor to
the Richfield News from 1949-1953. She was
supervisor of the manuscript reading room at the Bancroft Library at the
University of California, Berkeley from 1955-1957. Since this time she has been
a full time author.

Baker has written many books for children, among them,
Because of Anne (with Adrien Stoutenberg),
From Whales to Snails , and Ground Afire . She has also published short stories and
articles for the Christian Science Monitor ,
Seventeen and American
Girl .

Biographical Source: Something About the Author, vol. 3 p. 17-18

Collection Scope and Content Note

The collection contains production materials for multiple titles
published between 1957 and 1971 and consists of holographs, typescripts,
proofs, clippings and correspondence.